Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
interrogtr@a... wrote:
> I've got some William Turner paper from Hahnemuhle.  From 
what I've 
> researched, only one side is coated but for the life of me, I can't 
tell yet 
> which side is coated.  It's not like EAM, where the coated side 
is bright 
> white and the non-coated side is more of a creamy color.  On 
the William 
> Turner paper, both sides are very bright white, with maybe the 
most subtle 
> difference between them.  About the most significant difference 
I can see 
> between the two sides is that one side has more of a 
patterned textured look 
> about it (like perhaps it came from between two rollers) and 
the other side 
> has more of a non-patterned white washed look to it.  I'm 
guessing that the 
> non-patterned side is the coated side but it's very difficult to tell.
> 
> Does anyone have experience with this paper and found a way 
to identify which 
> side is coated and which is not?  
> 
> Thanks for any help.

Its very easy to tell.  Just touch a corner of the paper to your
tongue -- it sticks on the coated side of the paper but 
not on the other.  Sounds weird but is very effective.

Roy

> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]